沈曾植与晚清西北史地学

Shen Cengzhi and Historical and Geographical Studies of the Northwest in the late Qing Dynasty

西北史地研究,是我国近代经世史学的重点关怀之一。作为清末民初该学术传统的代表人物,沈曾植在这方面的贡献,主要集中在对蒙古早期历史文献的整理研究,以及西北、西南边疆史地和南海交通史的开拓性探索上。其治学理念和方法,既透露出光绪间部分士大夫对边疆和外交危机的关怀,也反映了国内史学开始与国际"东方学"研究展开交流互动的趋势,在我国近代史学的发展上实具上承清学、下开新域的意义。

Historical and geographical studies of the Northwest is one of the important academic fields in modern China. As the representative of this academic tradition, Shen Cengzhi has made main contributions to the studies of the historical literature of Mongolia, the history of the northwest frontiers, and the history of Chinese and foreign maritime transportation. His academic ideas and methods both show his concerns about the frontier crisis and reflect the trend of exchange between the domestic historiography and the international Orientalism.